Honor has announced the Honor V30 and Honor V30 Pro smartphones in China. The V30 series is the first 5G ready phones from the Chinese manufacturer. With the starting price of 3,299 Yuan, the Honor V30 has debuted as the cheapest 5G phone in China.
Honor V30 5G and Honor V30 Pro 5G Specifications
The Honor V30 and V30 Pro are equipped with IPS LCD panels of 6.57 inches. The big displays offer full HD+ resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels and an aspect ratio of 20:9. Placed on the top-left corner of the screen is a pill-shaped cutout. It houses a 32-mgeapixel main lens and an 8-megapixel secondary shooter. The front cameras can be used to capture 105-degree wide-angle selfie shots. The Super Night Scene mode can be used for capturing better shots in low conditions.
Moving to the backside of the Honor V30 and V30 Pro, both phones are equipped with triple camera setups. The custom-made Sony IMX600 40-megapixel RYYB lens with f/1.8 aperture is the main lens on both devices. Both phones also feature 8-megapixel telephoto lens with f/2.4 aperture.
The Honor V30 has an 8-megapixel ultrawide lens as its third camera whereas for the V30 Pro, it is swapped with a 109-degree 12-megapixel dedicated videography lens that can be used for capturing 16:9 aspect ratio videos.
The Honor V30 has 4-axis OIS whereas the V30 Pro is equipped with 5-axis OIS. Both come with common camera features such asĀ EIS, 3x optical zoom, 5x hybrid zoom, 30x digital zoom, 30fps 4K video recording and 960fps 720p video shooting.
The Kirin 990 chipset along with Balong 5000 5G modem powers the Honor V30. It has a 4,200mAh battery that supports 40W SuperCharge fast charging. The Kirin 990 5G SoC with integrated 5G modem fuels the Honor V30 Pro along with a 4,100mAh battery. It supports 40W SuperCharge rapid charging, 27W superfast wireless charging and 7.5W reverse wireless charging.
The Honor V30 and V30 Pro runs on Magic UI 3.0 flavored Android 10 runs on the device. It includes other features such as Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS and USB-C. Lastly, the V30 and V30 Pro phones are equipped with side-facing fingerprint sensors.
Honor V30 5G and Honor V30 Pro 5G Pricing
The Honor V30 5G variants such as 6 GB RAM + 128 GB storage and 8 GB RAM + 128 GB storage are respectively priced at 3,299 Yuan ($468) and 3,699 Yuan ($525). The 8 GB RAM + 128 GB storage and 8 GB RAM + 256 GB storage editions of the Honor V30 Pro 5G are respectively priced at 3,899 Yuan ($555) and 4,199 Yuan ($596). Orange, Pearl White, Blue, Black are the color editions of the Honor V30 5G series.